La Romanee Grand Cru

Specification

Producer

Domaine du Comte Liger Belair

Region

Burgundy

Where

Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy

Classification

Grand Cru (monopole)

Grapes

Pinot Noir

Vintage

2004

Case

75cl

Held at

Wine Tunnels, London City Bond (in bond)

Code

DOMCOM041X75

About this wine

La Romanée is a monopole Grand Cru of under one hectare, lying directly upslope from Romanée-Conti, and the smallest appellation in France. It gives a Pinot Noir of great finesse and perfume, with depth, silkiness and a mineral core. Production is tiny, and it is built for long ageing, needing well over a decade to show its best.

About Domaine du Comte Liger Belair

Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair is a family estate in Vosne-Romanée whose holdings date back to the nineteenth century. For much of the twentieth century its vines were let to others, until Louis-Michel Liger-Belair returned in 2000 and began recovering them for the domaine.

Its flagship is La Romanée, a monopole that is the smallest appellation in France. The domaine is farmed organically, and its wines are perfumed, refined and pure. They have quickly become some of the most sought after in Burgundy.